tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78465527658796683382018-03-06T05:51:43.837-06:00blargThe Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-69524575348459094522010-10-01T03:25:00.000-05:002010-10-01T03:25:58.138-05:00The EndA month and a half since I've posted anything. Sad, yeah? There is a pretty good reason behind it though. I haven't been reading.
Now, I don't mean what most people would mean by that. I just mean that in the past six weeks I probably haven't read more than six books rather than the 30-45 I normally would have read.
Now you may or may not be interested in why but since this is my little The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-8117659677411254722010-08-16T13:32:00.000-05:002010-08-16T13:32:20.394-05:00A terrible month for booksIt has been a truly shitty month for books for me. No, I'm not talking about the official release timeline. I'm talking about my personal reading timeline. It feels like every book I've been looking forward to reading is determined to deliberately suck at me personally.
The first two culprits that spring to mind are Unholy Magic by Stacia Kane and Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill. If you haven't The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-76733846957694513732010-08-11T14:52:00.001-05:002010-08-11T17:19:17.038-05:00On Romance for @alebodden11@alebodden11 @TMBuzzard I do have one question though- What are YOUR thoughts on Romantic comedies or books?
@TMBuzzard @alebodden11 I've currently no use for them unless the rest of the story is good enough to be awesome by itself.
@alebodden11 @TMBuzzard Can I ask why?
What it all boils down to is men pretty much just do not care about romance.
Chick who doesn't get it: You're full of shit. The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-6997012415561201242010-06-09T18:44:00.000-05:002010-06-09T18:44:18.863-05:00Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane
THE AFTERLIFE IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
The world is not the way it was. The dead have risen and constantly attack the living. The powerful Church of Real Truth, in charge since the government fell, has sworn to reimburse citizens being harassed by the deceased. Consequently, there are many false claims of hauntings from those hoping to profit. Enter Chess Putnam, a fully-tattooed witch and The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-29994504267919449302010-06-04T06:43:00.001-05:002010-06-04T06:46:40.873-05:00Bullet by Laruell K HamiltonWhere to begin... Guess I could start with the rating. Fucking Awful. I want my damned money and the time I spent reading this flaming hunk of crap back. I'm fairly sure even those who pirated Bullet want a refund after reading it. Honestly, they deserve one.
This will be the last time I review a LKH book. I really don't think I could stomach another. Once upon a time, she used to write The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-32017925182652002282010-04-15T02:49:00.005-05:002010-04-15T02:54:00.388-05:00Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry (Take Two)In case you missed it, the Pixie and I have a bet going over this book. Since I finished it yesterday and still don't dig on it, she lost. Beyond disliking it overall though, there are the details of what I thought was good and what I couldn't stand. For this book they're a very strange collection. How about a brief summary before that though. See my previous post if you need a hand The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-87376308619500042412010-04-14T10:29:00.000-05:002010-04-14T10:29:55.158-05:00Sudden Outbreak of Common SenseIn an astoundingly uncommon display of good judgement, Marvel Studios has called Joss Whedon in from the bullpen to direct the upcoming Avengers Movie. I have no idea how they managed to come up with the idea to pick a director that actually knew the material for a comic book movie, maybe they asked a ten year old boy.
~The Mighty BuzzardThe Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-77318927017100889992010-04-04T18:07:00.000-05:002010-04-04T18:07:37.522-05:00Family, alcohol, and twitterWhat do they all have in common? They're all major impediments to getting any actual work done. Hell, they had me so turned around this past week and change that I didn't even remember to drop a link here to my guest post over at Kindle Vixen's site. I know, sad, right?
Anyway, I've still got to get a review for Julie Kenner's Demon Ex Machina out of my head and then there's Jim Butcher's The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-30156506799769560632010-03-28T14:43:00.002-05:002010-03-29T23:00:26.389-05:00Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark HenryNone of the following is hyperbole or exaggeration in any way whatsoever.
UPDATE: The Pixie and I got our competitive on while filling the hell out of the comments section of her latest entry and I'll be giving this book another go (starting at chapter three as per the recommendation of Mark himself) after I've had a bit of time to decompress and read Changes when it comes out on the ninth. The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-41075358457896829212010-03-27T04:51:00.000-05:002010-03-27T04:51:16.360-05:00Holy Tap-Dancing FuckEvery now and then there comes along something that is either going to be a work of genius or pure shit. I think I just found one such book. Sarah Palin: Vampire Hunter by Dan McGirt. It's even a freebie over on his website. I seriously wish I hadn't agreed to start right in on Happy Hour of the Damned tomorrow now. Guess I can wait another day though.
~The Mighty BuzzardThe Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-36351445624904932312010-03-26T11:25:00.000-05:002010-03-26T11:25:45.097-05:00My Crazy-Assed Rating SystemMy rating system is confusing, even to me. So far it's been simply the word or phrase I'd use in describing the book/series to a friend but that doesn't really tell you all that much if you haven't known me for quite a while. In the interest of clarity, I'll codify it here publicly, equate it to a five star rating system, and stick to the ratings I set down for future books.
Rating: Fucking The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-66679655566833367622010-03-26T10:37:00.000-05:002010-03-26T10:37:41.904-05:00Real Vampires Hate Their Thighs by Gerry Bartlett
Real Vampires Hate Their Thighs, book 5 in the Real Vampires series, sends Glory St. Clair to Hollywood for the Grammy awards show with rock star Israel Caine. Here's her chance to walk the red carpet and be on national TV.
When she meets a vamp diet guru who promises he can help her finally shed those extra pounds she's been carrying for over four hundred years, she's all for it. But he's The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-87971163872170054312010-03-25T22:22:00.002-05:002010-03-26T11:26:31.400-05:00Accidentally Demonic by Dakota Cassidy
When mild-mannered Casey Schwartz wakes up in jail with no memory of how she got there she realizes two things: something weird is going on and orange is definitely not her color. After her sister bails her out, Casey has more to deal with than a foggy memory—like abrupt mood swings and fireballs shooting from her fingertips. But things really go south when a vampire shows up on her doorstep...
The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-47757805634612809472010-03-19T01:14:00.001-05:002010-03-19T01:15:27.615-05:00Beautiful Blogger AwardI normally don't do these things on the grounds of them being quite silly but, since I haven't gotten around to filling my About Page, I'll make an exception tonight.
7 things about me:
I dig punk over metal because I prefer manic violence over rage violence. Most anything with a pit at the concert is fine by me though. Which band is my favorite depends entirely on what day you ask me. The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-49466212705155281472010-03-12T13:31:00.000-06:002010-03-12T13:31:50.639-06:00Why so quiet?I know it's been a few days since I've posted anything here, so here's a short update. The database for the mockup site is complete enough that I'm working on cgi script and web page for book entry. Once that's done and I create a register/login page/script I'll be able to start filling the database whithout having to do it from a mysql prompt. After that, I'll work on the search page/script The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-50517085617770555592010-03-08T12:04:00.002-06:002010-03-08T12:10:59.401-06:00The Holy Grail of Book Sites (Part Three)Over the past three entries, we've gone over the Who, some of the Why, and described the Search end of things. Today we're going to start with the main page and see where that leads.
The things you really want on the main page are things that don't fit into the search category and shortcuts to complicated searches that the average user might not figure out themselves1. Those take up very The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-33401437961445440662010-03-05T15:31:00.001-06:002010-03-05T15:51:51.541-06:00Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
I've been trying to work up a good review of this book since it came out but until today I couldn't find enough words to justify posting them. The short version is Black Magic Sanction is precisely what I've come to expect from a Kim Harrison(a.k.a. Dawn Cook), Hollows book and I dug the complete hell out of it. It's always hard for me to describe something that wasn't surprising but since The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-28936393320136915062010-03-04T11:56:00.000-06:002010-03-04T11:56:42.573-06:00Fifteen minutesNormally after getting a generous plug from someone I'd feel obliged to do a solid entry for the day. The Wicked Little Pixie decided to pick the day my brother rolled into town for a visit with many, many bottles of good beer to famous me up though. Since I prefer, after a few instances of giving myself a really good reason why, not to drink and blog though, I'll just leave something for her The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-24823263448643262602010-03-01T14:02:00.002-06:002010-03-01T14:03:38.172-06:00The Holy Grail of Book Sites (Intermission)Earlier this morning I was reading an article in the WSJ about the publishing industry and costs/profits on ebooks vs hardcopy and it got me to thinking. If you've been stalking me, you've seen that my not exactly humble opinion is that ebooks should cost less than a paperback. I base that on the fact that you get less from an ebook than from a paperback, most notably absent being an actual The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-90329143768358417042010-03-01T03:34:00.002-06:002010-03-01T03:40:41.151-06:00The Holy Grail of Book Sites (Part Two)Ok, enough slacking. Let's deal with the search function of the site today. We'll get to the layout, navigation, and such of the site next time.
Maybe google has me spoiled but it's my opinion that unless you specifically ask for extra options, you should get a search box, a search button, and precious little else. Without going to the advanced search, you should be searching Title, Series The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-68562344345870737272010-02-27T13:00:00.002-06:002010-02-27T13:24:00.912-06:00The Holy Grail of Book Sites (Part One)
Before I start, let me make it clear that this article is copyright me 2010 and I license anyone reading it to use and reproduce any part or the entirety of it for any purpose they see fit as well as any ideas contained within for as long as they like. I don't care about compensation or even credit. My brain spouts enough ideas on a daily basis that I mostly just want to get rid of them. Try The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846552765879668338.post-77525928496258768822010-02-26T10:57:00.005-06:002010-06-04T06:44:55.238-05:00Flirt
An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel. Says so right on the cover. Talked up as one in her interviews. Bzzzzt, Flirt isn't even close to long or complicated enough to be a novel, even a half-assed one. Skin trade: 496 pages. Flirt: 192 pages. Novella I believe is the word she was looking for, though it's verging on a shortstory.
Oh, but get this... Flirt is sure as hell priced as a novel. The Mighty Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703728129545347266noreply@blogger.com3